Comments on: Do you belong in NYC? Take the test

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:57:51 +0000

I would say I'm an optimizer but to say an optimizer can't also be happy is silly. Satisfaction and happiness are two different things. I may always search for something bigger and better but that doesn't mean I'm not happy with what I now have. I'm sure there are all kinds of people in NYC…some love it, some hate it.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:24:54 +0000

I sooo agree with you. I'm not an 'optimizer' or a 'maximizer' or a whatever. I'm just someone who grew up in NYC – wasn't born here, but came at age 6 or 7 (I forgot). Mom taught me to ride the rails at maybe age 9 or so. Busy streets felt peaceful – zen. People aren't rude at all – they (me included) are very kind and helpful. New Yorkers love to talk. Especially to strangers. My dad who wasn't a NY'er said that he'd traveled and lived all over the US (and the world) and the two friendliest US cities were Oklahoma City and NYC. The least friendly was Las Vegas. I like to live in NYC because all of the sad, neurotic, misfit faces remind me of me and that's comforting. When I lived in other places I never felt like I fit in. And I always had to explain myself ('I"m not arguing with you – it's just that I'm from NY and that's how we talk'). Last but not least… NY'ers have one of the lowest happiness/life satisfaction rates of major metro areas. They also have one of the lowest rates of suicide. Cities with high happiness rates (think Scandinavian) have very high suicide rates. If you are neurotic, temperamental, oversensitive and high-strung, it's soothing to live here, believe it or not. Thanks Lisa, for your comment. I really appreciated it.

By: NYorker

NYorker — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:57:41 +0000

I have to disagree with the statement that New Yorkers are not happy, I've been living here for 8 years and I am a pretty happy person, life is good… I don't think that we have more unhappy people then other places.. maybe the fact that we are always in a hurry is taken for rudeness (unhappiness)…

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:15:35 +0000

But go ahead, ignore their existence in New York anyway.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:14:46 +0000

Young Americans are so strange. Millions of immigrants in NYC make it one of the most interesting cities on the planet. Not one of them moved there because of "Sex in the City itis" and they're probably not quaffing $100 bottles of wine and artisanal cuisine, nor are they looking to be at the top of their "field."

By: Alexander Rhett Crammer

Alexander Rhett Crammer — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:37:00 +0000

*you're

By: Swag

Swag — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:02:00 +0000

Get my dick sucked in the sky, I'm a Martian.

By: Zee

Zee — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:13:00 +0000

I agree with Gemini_0176!

@arielle: "But you are NOT a New Yorker if you come here to live during your 20's
and 30's. And saying so is triggering to NY natives; because we are
constantly having to compete with you people for apartments, jobs, even
walking space on the sidewalk, when you are not invested…BLAH BLAH BLAH"

^^This right here is utter bitter foolishness. It is exactly because of these "people" that New York is the vibrant multicultural city it is today. I am from London and I see New York as a "bigger-london" and so a home away from home. I will be moving to New York after my university studies AND get my hand on a Job over there because thats just what you do when you achieve a degree of some sort…Get it over it. :)

xoxo

By: Zee

Zee — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:13:00 +0000

I agree with Gemini_0176!

xoxo

By: George Arenas Castro

George Arenas Castro — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:25:00 +0000

Great, I'm from southern California but I'm moving to New York for college. I heard its a great place, and if God lets me I will settle a life there…